Freud's early works and his love of ugliness

There is an identifiable break between Freud's early and present style, but these works display his distinctive quirks

Nation must grab bargain by sensual master

It would be folly to pass up the opportunity to strive to acquire this great masterpiece for the knockdown price of £50 million

Curators fear for art as duke calls in loan

Galleries could lose Titians if £100 million cannot be found after the Duke of Sutherland puts Old Masters up for sale

Jewels that rank among the greatest treasures

Sir Timothy Clifford, former director-general of the National Galleries of Scotland, gives his view on the Titians' sale

Plastic surgery for bullied girls

Surgeon admits to having given young girls surgery, including reshaping noses and breast enlargements, to counter bullying

‘All because of greed’

Parents of 15-year-old killed with one of Grant Wilkinson’s weapons say gunmaker has their son’s blood on his conscience

People: Boris Johnson

The Mayor of London remains unapologetic about the Olympic jacket buttons fiasco that so outraged bloggers in China

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Harry Hill offered £4m to fill Brucie’s shoes

ITV’s prized entertainer must get serious as he mulls over a reported swoop from the BBC to host The Generation Game

Super-jails are waste of £1bn, say governors

Prison officers and penal reform groups to condemn plans to build 2,500-space jails as a waste of £1bn of taxpayers’ money

Police fines leave courts with nothing to do

Letter leaked to The Times shows courts are being cancelled because more offenders are being given on-the-spot fines

Edexcel to re-mark disputed SATs papers

Exam board expected to help re-marking of at least 41,000 pupils after test fiasco that led to the removal of ETS

Tories say 'no excuses' for fat children

Andrew Lansley, Shadow Health Secretary, said today that "peer pressure" should be used to discourage obesity

Millionaire and family missing after blaze

Businessman Christopher Foster missing with wife and child after suspicious fire at Shropshire country estate

Dead baby found at recycling centre

The body of a newborn baby has been found concealed amongst rubbish at a recycling plant in Peterborough this morning

Edinburgh salutes Chris Hoy's Olympic treble

An Edinburgh Castle reception and open top bus parade greeted the Scottish contingent of Beijing's triumphant Team GB

Blindness sufferers to get crucial drug on NHS

NICE has given clearance to use Lucentis for wet age-related macular degeneration. It costs about £10,700 per patient